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olive
  1. An evergreen tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
  2. The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
  3. The wood of the olive tree.
  4. A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
  5. (anatomy) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
  6. A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.
  7. (cooking) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
  8. Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.
  9. (Britain, dialect) An oystercatcher, a shore bird.
  10. Synonyms:
      11. olivary body, olivary nucleus, olive tree, Olea europaea, green, aquamarine, aqua, emerald, jade, khaki, lime, emerald green, tan, beige, brownish, sand, biscuit, brownish-yellow, buff, light brown, pale brown, ecru, brown, brownness, drab, tawny, umber, yellowish-brown, leather-colored, olive-brown … more
olivine
  1. (mineralogy, geology) Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. chrysolite
  3. Examples:
      4. “The olivine crystals in most basalts are imperfect, lacking clear crystal faces.”
      “The groundmass consists mainly of bytownite with large grains of diopside and of colourless olivine, and small octahedrons of magnetite.”
      “Major mineral phases include plagioclase and pyroxene, with small amounts of opaque minerals, olivine, apatite, and sometimes biotite.”
olivil
  1. (organic chemistry) A white crystalline substance, obtained from an exudation from the olive, and having a bittersweet taste and acid properties.
olivin
  1. (organic chemistry) A complex bitter gum found on the leaves of the olive tree.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. olivite
oliveness
  1. The state or condition of being olive in colour.
olivegrowing
  1. The growing of olives for commercial purposes.
olivetta
  1. A container used to hold olives.
olivegrower
  1. Someone who grows olives.
olivite
  1. olivin
  2. Synonyms:
      3. olivin
olivegrowers
  1. plural of olivegrower
olivines
  1. plural of olivine
  2. Synonyms:
      3. chrysolites, peridot
olives
  1. plural of olive
  2. Synonyms:
      3. olivary bodies, olive trees, greens, aquamarine, aquas, emeralds, jade, khaki, lime, emerald greens, tan, beiges, sand, biscuits, buff, ecru, brown, brownness, drabs, umbers … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The Russian olives that Sebastiani planted at wide intervals along the levee have sent out frosty-green, willowlike foliage.”
      “Also look for two Russian olives, which arch over the garden entrance of St. Theresa's Path and perfume the spring air.”
      “The sample from the wild population consisted of pupae that were collected from Crete at the end of the summer from unsprayed olives.”
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